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Sudhir K Jain appointed new VC of Banaras Hindu University
VARANASI Director of IIT-Gandhinagar, Prof Sudhir K Jain, has been appointed as vice-chancellor (V-C) of Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
VARANASI Director of IIT-Gandhinagar, Prof Sudhir K Jain, has been appointed as vice-chancellor (V-C) of Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
Confirming the development on Sunday, BHU public relation officer Rajesh Singh informed that BHU registrar’s office has received a letter from the Union ministry of education regarding appointment of Prof Jain as the BHU V-C.
After the end of his tenure as V-C, Prof Rakesh Bhatnagar gave charge to senior professor VK Mishra on March 28. Since then, Prof Mishra was discharging his duties as the officiating V-C.
Born in 1952, 62-year-old Prof Sudhir K Jain is a civil engineer and at present, he is completing his third term as director of IIT- Gandhinagar. He is conducting intensive research and development in the areas of seismic design codes, dynamics of buildings and post- earthquake studies.
